By james art Speaking to a packed crowd in Glendale — some audience members wearing orange construction vests and trash bags — former President Donald Trump capped a whirlwind day of campaigning in the Southwest with a fireside chat with Tucker Carlson.
Trump told Carlson he was confident he would win Tuesday, sowing the seeds for supporters to doubt the results if he is defeated by Harris in states like Arizona, which he lost to Biden in 2020.
“We’re doing very well,” Trump said. “I think we’re leading by a lot and we can hold them, we can keep this scam because they’re a bunch of cheaters. If we can keep this deception going, we will have a huge victory.”
Carlson, arguing that Democrats are purposefully opening the southern border of the United States to illegal immigrants, asked Trump what their motive might be.
“So they might be stupid,” Trump suggested. “They can also hate our country. They may hate our country, they may, they may hate our country. They may not even know it.
Trump also echoed the racist conspiracy theory, adding that Democrats may be allowing immigrants into the country to vote illegally in elections.
“So it’s one of those three things,” Trump said. “No one really knows.”